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Looking for a UPS

JustHalf · 2005-01-21 00:59:43

I'm looking for a UPS for my PC. We've had a lot of powercuts recently, and I'm not too fond of thinking about what that's doing to my hard drives. I'd like something that would give me 30 seconds or so life (preferably with my monitor). PC uses a 350W PSU, P4 2.6. Monitor is a 19" Trinitron. Hopefully that gives you a…

21-01-2005 12:59am

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JustHalf

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I'm looking for a UPS for my PC. We've had a lot of powercuts recently, and I'm not too fond of thinking about what that's doing to my hard drives. I'd like something that would give me 30 seconds or so life (preferably with my monitor).

PC uses a 350W PSU, P4 2.6. Monitor is a 19" Trinitron. Hopefully that gives you a good indication of power draw.

Any recommendations? I've seen some over at Komplett, but their product listings don't answer the fairly obvious question of what it's capable of.

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#2 21-01-2005 11:48am

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What you're looking for is the VA (Volt / Amp) rating.

350W @ 220V = 1.5 Amps (roughly). P=VI (I = amps). Your monitor should have ampage on the back of it somewhere. The cheapo one on komplett (65 euro) would cover you for around 20-30 minutes methinks, but it only has one power outlet on it. You could of course stick an adapter into it.

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